movie screening,

The film festival as part of the Mysurur Dasara festival will be held for a week starting from September 22. It will go on till 28. It has been named Mysuru Dasara Film Festival (MyDFF-2017). The film festival will be of international film festival standards the organizers have said. Around 50 films from around the world will be part of the festival, said Dasara special officer and deputy commissioner D Randeep.

"We are screening world best cinemas and including new, popular and message oriented Kannada cinemas on DRC Multiplex and Inox screens than single screen theaters. In both venues we allotted one each screen and whole day four films will be screen," he said. Chief Minister Siddaramamaih will inaugurate the MyDFF at

Kalamandira on September 21 along with district incharge minister HC Mahadevappa. Several Kannada film stars and personalities have been invited for the inauguration. MyDFF is being organised by the sub-commitee of the Dasara festival headed by R Raju, secretary Krishnappa and artistic director Manu.

List of films to be screened at the Mysuru Dasara Film Festival from September 22

It is not just UB City but also other places in the city where illegal film screening is taking place. Sources said One of the major clubs in Bengaluru is said to be screening films illegally by selling tickets weeks in advance.

There are strict rules for public exhibition of films. The building or place where it is screened has to be given permission from the district authorities and has to obtain NOCs from various departments keeping in mind public safety. It may be recalled that the screening of a film in five star hotels was stopped last year as there was no permission from the DC.